Red Dirt Productions

THIS PROJECT UTILIZES SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT THE PUBLIC TO STORIES OF FOOD AND HISTORY IN THE SOUTH. QR BARCODES WILL LINK HUMANITIES CONTENT TO EXISTING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AT SEED LIBRARIES, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GARDENS, FARMERS MARKETS AND AT HERITAGE FOOD PURVEYORS, DEEPENING UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOOD ON THE SOUTHERN PLATE AND HOW IT GOT THERE. VIDEO CLIPS AND RICH PRIMARY SOURCES FROM OUR DOCUMENTARY WORK WITH AT THE COMMON TABLE, WILL BE THE BASIS OF THE HUMANITIES CONTENT. THE STORY OF SOUTHERN FOOD IS A STORY OF DEEPLY SHARED HUMANITY AND INGENUITY IN THE FACE OF INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP. AT THE COMMON TABLE FOCUSES ON KEY FOOD PLANTSGREENS, CORN, SWEET POTATOES, FIELD PEAS-- TO CONVEY THE INTERMINGLING OF CULTURES THAT BECAME THE AMERICAN SOUTH. THIS ALLOWS US TO LOOK BEYOND THE LIVES OF PLANTATION OWNERS AND POWER ELITES IN THE SOUTH TO THE STORIES OF THE GREATER MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHS INHABITANTS WHO DEPENDED ON THESE FOODS FOR SUSTENANCE AND SURVIVAL.